The Sun. — London, England, 1826-11-11 00:00:00

GREEK LOANS.----MESSRS. RICARDO. TO THE EDITOR. STR—We shall feel obliged by the insertion in your Paper of the following letter, which we addressed some time agoto Mr. Luriottis, and to which we have received no reply ; we also request a place in your columns for the observations which follow it : Warnford-court, Nov. 2. have hitherto refrained from noticing the extraor- • dinary course you are pursuing, and the various lettere you have published, making &notations, and - conveying insinuations to Our prejudice ) which you know to be totally false. We have waited patiently-for the further details you have promised, before we made any reply, and we should have continued silent till they ap peared, were we not apprehensive that you would suddenly leave the country, conscious of your inability to face the charges which will be brought against yen. " The letters which you have latterly addressed to us, some of which you have since published in the Newspapers, were so in sulting and offensive, that we declined any further correspondence with you. " You know that you were acquainted at the time with every purchase that we made, both of the Old Bonds and Scrip, and that regular accounts were sent you. . • • " You know that we have vouchers for every farthing we have expended, in orders signed, and hills accepted by yourself, and Mr. Orlando, and that our account current was examined and agreed to by you in January hut. " You know that we never offered to advance any money on the frigates in America, but that on the contrary you requested us to. do so, which we declined. " You know that it is false, that we ever stated, that we would not fulfil our contract, " You 'know how the 150,000/. which has been set aside has been paid, and by whose directions it has been expended. • " You know that the whole sum we stipulated to .furnish by our contract, has been Maid without any charge or deduction what ever on our part. " As you have refused to Mr. Spaniolacki, and Mr. J. Ricardo, the aucounts which you were ordered by your Government to lay before them, their only recourse will be to state to the public the facts which have' come to their knowledge. " You have made professions of courting inquiry—be assured the strictest inquiry shall be entered into, and you shall have full opportunity of jestifying yourself. While you have been busily employed in screening your own misdeeds by casting reproach spon others, we have not been idle—we have been accumulating evidence to prove the manner in which you have rendered your duty towards your country subservient to your own private ad vantage. You will be called upon to repel these accusations, and wa gruel:, that you trill not depart from England till you have heard and answered the charges which will be brought against you. " We are, Sir, your obedient servants, (Signed) " J. and S. RICARDO. " To A. Luriottis, Ise." The public are aware that the Greek Government have ap pointed Sir Francis Burdett, and Mr. J. Ricardo, to act in con junction with Mr. Spaniolacki, for the purpose of investigating the accounts of Messrs. Orlando and Luriottis, the late Deputies, and terminating any affair still depending. The letter addressed to Sir Francis Burdett was immediately dispatched to him, ac companied by a request on our part, dust if he were unwilling to act himself, he would nominate, in his place, two gentlemen of undoubted respectability and high character. To. this communi cation we have never received any reply. Sir Francis Burdett is travelling shroud, and we are uncertain whether it has ever reached him. Mr. Luriottit, though directed to do so by his Go vernment, who have empowered two out a the three Commie sionerr to act, has refitted to furnish his accounts, under the pretext of waiting till he fauns that Sir Francis Burdett, has ac cepted the appointment. We also have been anxious to be de termined on this point, being unwilling to publish any statements connected with flee transactions of the Greek Loan, unless con firmed by an authority that would not admit a doubt of their correctness. This, together with the expectation that Mr. Luriottis might still furnish his promised details, would have prevented us from breaking through the silence we had imposed upon ourselves, did we not fear thet the delay is likely to' list much - longer than we at first expected—that the public attention so strongly excited towards the affairs of Greece is dying away, wad will shortly be diverted itsto new channels—and that Mr. Lteriottis, who has been so liberal end general in his accusations, would think it expedient to depart before it woo his turn to be placed in judgment. It was with this impression Ke addressed to him the shove letter, that it might not he said hereafter we neglected to reply to his charges whilst lie was bare, or brought forward our accusations when he had departed. We have hithertO kept ourselves aloof from any thing like public recrimination in this eftirlr ; it is with much hesitation that we depart from this course, and stn present ourselves before the public; but when we see a Orson like Mr. Luriottis, who hue played his part with the omit coneulnunste hypocrisy, and endea voured to shield himself by casting reprOCh ott oxhers ;. when we see this man in some journals held up as ete only haoest man, the only person who has not partaken of the illicit gains," while the most malicious insinuations are thrown out against utters, without the attempt to prove a charge against them, it. does move our indignation, and we cannot permit that smolt false impressions should remain on the public mind tmemstradicted. To show that we have not suede charges undefined, and mow poetezt by facts, we beg to request attention to the following state ment', u'hich, we trust, will be sufficiently conclusive, as to what is the real Attracter of Mr. Luriottis, and what dependance can be pl a ced open, r ep t ieentations. First, as to the 7 , 5001 . the portion of the commission ceded by us to the Deputies. It has been insinuated ts!sat this was given as a bribe, but the truth is simply as follows :—Pre.7intlely to making the Contract fur the Loan, the Deputies urged no claim whatever to any allure of the commission. It was no t till t d,`:sr the negotiation was concluded that they intimated that it was custuNery to give up something to the agents of the Government. Ailey awne sliePuaai°" with the parties most deeply interested , it wa s a g reed to ellow tnem 7,500/. for this object ; a per tentage was deduct‘l front die par ties who partook in the advantages of the Contract.We 14411 this sun fur the private account of the Deputies, and at the Marne time we were requested by them to reserve 14,000/. of the Scrip for their account ; this went on. till November, when the pay moot' on the latter were all made, arnounting to 7,4201. IL Was then that Mews. Orlando and Luriottis sent us two .orders, As one to carry the bonds to the account of the' Greek Govern wept, arid charge it with the 7,4201., and the other, to credit it w i t h time 7,500/. reserved for their private account. To this er magma:4 we could urge no objection, for it appeared to us a al. critic. ou thssir part of 14,000 bons, and 130!. money. But mark the result. On the saute date d that our account current is credited with the rf,5001. a similar amount is charged in that of Mr. Rani, in whose Land funds have been placed by the Depu ties, and wisest Mr. Spaniolacki inquired what had beet) dune wits this 7,50 0 /. lie was told by Mr. Luriutt that it had been paid to Messrs. Ricardo ; which assertion was false This is ra ther en intricate manceuvre, and we doubt if we have made it clearly to be comprehended •, but the result is, that the Depa th ies got by it their 7,5001., and charged time Government for e 14,000 Bond* at 58, when the price was about 23 ; while, for a time, with its, they enjoyed the credit of having acted with great igeuerosity. 'Chia is the history of the 7,5001. in which Mr. ltaariottis states he did not participate, which has travelled to and back frosts Marseilles, and which is now said to be in the bawls of Mr. Ralli, although Mr, denies that be has t oy money belonging to the Greek Government, The Aair with Mr. Hutton is- of a graver cast, We had long xuspeeted % O K I this Mod to Greece was, who had received pay ment of 21,000 Bond* at 54, the price was from 20 to 26. We were unable in comprehend Mr. Luriottitt's defiant> , in re fusing to name him, ~ ,l tbough we repeatedly required bins to de ; we were therefore anZitios to find it out without his assist ance, With some dif fi culty nrt succeeded in tracing, by the num bers, 15 of the 21,000 (13,000, which luul been paid by us, and 2,000, which are in the hands of ire. Bali') to Mr. Burton; and we intimated to hint, that it was necCseery to explain to us what be bud done with them. In justice to tl gentleman, who has involved himself in this unfortunate affair, we beg` to remark, that he readily came forward to give us every inforinttiou we required—we therefore refrain from making any com ments upon his conduct. It *pearls from his statement, that he pressed Mr. Luriettis to take of him 4,000 bonds which he held for Mr. Lee, Secretary to the Deputa, at the ori. gins? cost, Mr. Luriottis having expressed to) him tio that h e sins. October, ,16126, be indemnified fin - the loss—that, on the 11.5 th of he furnished Mr. Luriottis with 5,000 bonito, who br might thesis to us, anti for which we gave a cheque of ; this eiseque was changed by Mr. Burton, who received out of it 1,69.80/75/. being` 1,595/. for 4,000 bowls pai d for at shout 40, mid k . for 1,000 boods, and the balance of 82 5 1. was giien Baeaerlm note', to Mr. Luriottis. With respect to th e 10,000 bowie, th it seems, were taken by Mr. Luriottis of Mr. Burton, on the (4th of Noventhe for which the latter was paid 2,'7001., through' the agency of ;Weis. Contottavlo and Co., and the cheque of 4,340/., which Wm gave to Mr. Luriottis fur 9,000 bonds only, on the 19th of November, was, we find, received by the sante house. These gentlest . " may probably he able to throw more light upon this transaction, Our application to them they have declined att e nding to. The other 2,00 0 bonds appear afterivards to have fintud their way to Mr, 118114 b i aCeollllt they are ci►arged at 54 ; and as Mr. Burton solemnly avers, and professes himself able to prove, that he only received 2,7001. for the 10,000, Mr. L►►riattis must necessarily have received the balance between the prices of 27 and 54, which, with the $261. above-mentioned, n►ekes 3,525/. How the remaining 6,000 bonds, whick are in. the hands of Mr. ltalli, were arranged, is still a mystery; the other friend to. Greece is abroad, although it is rather unfortunate tiir Mr. Luriottis, that a part of that friend's bonds, which were said to he 8,000, are already accounted for. Mr. Burton still thinking himself entitled to be indemnified for the remaining dif ference on Mr. Lee's stock, Laving received for it at 40, instead of 54, applied - frequently for it to Mr. Luriottis ; - latterly, he sue= ceeded in obtaining 6101., the amount he claimed, including interest ; 6001. on the 13th of September, on signing a letter, which has since been destroyed by Mr. Burton ; 110/. on affixing his name to that dated the 2d of October, which was published by Mr. Luriottis, and which is intended to convey to the public an impression that the writer received the fiill . price of 54 for the 13,000 bonds. We have endeavoured to elucidate this affair in the best manner we are able ; we have stated it as recounted to us by Mr. Burton. Mr. Luriottis will have to give his version of the story, and it will be for him to prove that he did not receive the 3,525/., and to account for the remaining 6,000 bonds. When Mr. Luriottis required as to take the 13,000 bonds on the different occasions, stating that they were for a person who bad rendered great services to Greece, we strongly objected to it ; and it was only after repeated applications on his part that we consented to pay for them, feeling that we had not the power of withholding the money, where he determined in drawing it from na. Mr. Luriottis has another sum of money to account for, to which we consider he is by no means entitled. We have learnt, within these last few days, that he has received a large sum in discount, from different parties, of whom he made purchases. To these parties he gave orders on us in foil of their accounts, and afterwards obtained the discount from them in bank-notes. We are apprehensive, from the statements that have been made, that sonic persons may suppose we have obtained advantages in dis count and commission, in shipments, or in insurances effected.— We beg, however, to assert, and we pledge our reputation on the fact, that, independently of the conditions in the contract, and per cent. commission on the purchase of the old Bonds, which was stipulated by the Deputies themselves, we have never, directly or indirectly, obtained one penny advantage out of the expenditure of the whole loan, although we have given up the greater portion of our time to it, and done every thing which has been required of us. We think we have stated sufficient to show Mr. Luriottis in his true light to that public be has so grossly imposed upon. It will probably be asked, w hy we did not hesitate in making pay ment* to persona so unworthy the station they occupied ? But the truth is, we did not discover this until some time after all the money was disposed of. We' always considered them wanting in capacity and energy, but we never doulated their good faith, or their good disposition, towards their country. From all that we have stated, the fact is clear, that, if the funds of the Greek Nation have been mismanaged, or misapplied, the chief blame rests with its own Representatives. Had they been men of talent, energy, and enterprise, a very different result might have been ob tained from the means placed at their disposal. Before we conclude, we cannot help noticing the absurd accusa . tions which have been urged against Mr. Ellice, and which we thought too ridiculous to require contradiction. Mr. Ellice re ceived from us no part of the commission, and to imagine that he recommended the building of a steam-boat, which was, in fact, what Greece most required, for the mere purpose of retaining 10,0001. in his hands, is a supposition so gross, that it only merits contempt. The fact is, that, although the order was given to Mr. Ellice, on the 12th of March, he only took from us the money when it was required, to pay for the work as it pro ceeded. With regard to what had been stated, relative to the loan ne gociated for in Paris, we have merely to observe, that we could not permit another loan to be in circulation there at the same mo- 'oil that we issued our own ; we therefore intimated, that that contract were, pe►severed in, we ►nust abandon ours, as the French one was provisional, anti for only half the amount—it was consequently not confirmed. We cannot call to mind the exact conditions of this contract, although we were informed of them at the time ; we recollect, however, that the commission was to have been 5 per cent.— After the senseless clamour which has been raised against us, fur accepting three per rent, this fact will excite some surprise. We .merely state this, to show the difference between a matter of busi ness mul a question of philanthropy. We are fully conscious of the generosity which has been rendered to Greece by the Cheek Committee at Paris. Your very obedient servants, Warnford-court, Nov. 9. J. and S. RICARDO. LORD COMBERMER E. The situation of our East India territories was never in a more critical state than they were upon the arrival of his Lordship (as Commander-in-Chief), in the month of Oc tober, 1825. _ - The greater part of his Majetty's Regiments had been sent from Bengal and Minims, with all the Native Troops that would volunteer from both Presidencies, to Ava, Arracan, Assam, &e. - An army was taking the field in Bombay, and (what was more alarming than all) the Native Powers on the western frontier were becoming daily more hostilely in clined towards us, and evinced every disposition to avail themselves of the first opportunity of taking advantage of our weakness, occasioned by the Burmese war. A complete revolution had taken place in Bhurtpore, and that being a centre point, and the fortress of that name being the strongest in India (supposed by the natives to have been impregnable); the roguing Rajah (Down jar Sawl) having deposed and imprisoned Bulwant Singh, and having been obeyed and acknowledged as Rajah by aft the Robjectc of the State, was making preparation for war, and was the hot to throw off the mask. The neigh bouring States were invited tp join him, but prudently awaited the result of the expeettul siege of Bhurtpore, war with Ave, &e. The States of Almur and Jeypore, though they 40 pot act offensively, still held out against our just demands. Under these ciremustances i it was necessary to strike a blow in the quarter ,most dresuled, anti with this view, all the European troops in the Bengid Presidency, viz. two regiments :)f cavalry, and three weak corps of infantry, with six regiments of native cavalry, and 18 battalions of native infantry (composed chiefly o recruits, and with few European officers), were under orders to assemble•on the jumna, and Lord Combermere, as soon as he had made the necessary arrangements for sending reinforcements to Sir Alexander Campbell, and enabling him to carry on the war with vigour in Ava, Sze, left Calcutta about the 18th of November, and arrived ut Agra (on the Jumna), 850 miles from Calcutta, on the 3d of Deeembee.- Every exertion was made to hasten the assembly of the troops at that place and Muttra—two bridges of boats were con structed at those places—every thing was ready on the 6th ; and on thelOth of the same month' the above force, with a powerfui,mttering train , w as before the renowned fortress of Bhurtpore, : About this time matters woro settled in Bombay, and the troops of that Presidency returned into cantonments.. The King of Ave had sued for, and agreed to, prelimina ries of peace; but upon hearing of all the disposable force of Ben al having moved so far to the westward of Cal cutta, ie refused to ratify the Treaty, and hostilities were renewed ; they continued until a fe'w days after the arri val. of the news of the fall of Bhurtpore ;. when his Gol den-footed Majesty thought proper to s r 4 definitive Treaty of Peace, dictated by our Government , It was • 4 J i u n s . ; l9l: 4 serVed by the Burmese Ch iefs, that it would be hold out against such an overwhelming force as had, by the of Bhurtpore, become disposable, and would undoubtedly be sent against them. From the most unprecedented and critical state, have .our Indian Possessions been recovered in the short space Of four pouths, from the period of Lord Combermere as suming the command of the pi . and tak , iog , his seat in judicev•veailfsoirloov:etlide r zeal activity, s r a e n co d rfi li m eP e l ii it i and aio4 t; ft t e h r e. ious and te4o pt b , meas . ure arms of the gr ea t d• this distinguished ce i mpso oll e ingtou, Are we indebted for a pros- J u ' wn g . 'allied peace Kad pi4aperity in the East Indies. It baa been °fop 404 illSdy remarked, la those eon. ve rsot with Indisn affsirs that HE our possessions in that distant lx Were Won bx the oyvord, so must they be held, • , UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Nov. 11.—On Tuesday the 7th inst. the no mination of the Rev. James Thomas Round, M.A. and Fellow of Balliol College, as one of the Public Examiners in Literis Hwuanioribus, was approved in Convocation. The Rev. Charles Atmore Ogilvie, M.A. and Fellow of Balliol College, has been nominated and approved in Convocation as a Delegate of Accounts, in the room of the Very Rev. the Dean of Cl ester, resigned. Yesterday Charles John Boyle, Esq. was admitted Founder's Kin -Fellow of All Souls' College. , ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. R. Downes, M.A. Fellow of New College, to the Rectory of Berwick St. John, in Wilts, vacant by the decease of the Rev. P. Bingham.—Also, the Rev. A. C. Price, M.A. Fellow of New College, to the Vicarage of Chesterton, vacant by the decease of the Rev. J. Hollis ; patrons, the Warden and Fellows of that Society. The Rev. Thomas Tunstall Haverfield, B. D. Fellow of Corpus Christi College, has been presented to the Rec tory of Godington, in this county, by the President, Fel lows, and Scholars of Corpus Christi College, the patrons thereof. The Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford has instituted the Rev. W. Toovey Hopkins, M.A. of Pembroke College, to the Rectory of Nuffield, in this County, on the presentation of the Rev. R. B. Fisher and the Rev. Mr. Hopkins, the patrons. The Rev. Thomas Wilde, M.A. of Christ Church, to - ---- - the Rectory of St. Andrew's, Worcester, void by the re signation of the Rev. William Faulkner. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The Very Rev. James Hook, LL.D., Dean of Wor cester, to the Mastership of St. Oswald's Hospital, Wor cester, void by the promoticm of Dr. Jenkinson to the Bishoprick of St. David's. Patron, for this turn, the King. The Rev. Walter Farquhar Hook, M.A., Student of Church, to the Perpetual Curacy of Moseley, Worcester shire, void by the death of the Rev. Edward Palmer, on the nomination of - the Very Rev. the Dean of Worcester, in right of his Vicarage of Dromsgrove. A Dispensation has passed the Great Seal, enabling the Rev. Henry Cripps, M.A. Vicar of Preston, in the county and diocese of Glocester, and Chaplain to Lord Carteret, to hold the Vicarage of Stonehouse, in the same county and diocese. The Rev. Winchcombe Henry Howard Hartley, of Bucklebury pause, patron of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital at Donnington, Rerks, has been pleased to rant to Mr. Thomas Nalder, of Newbury, thy, office of Minister of the same Hospital. The Rev. Wm. Wood, M.A. to the Rectory or Staple grove, on the presentation of Vincent Stuckey, Esq. The Rev. G. R. Orchard, to the perpetual Ministry of Christ Church, Road, Somersetshire ; patron, the vene rable the Archdeacon of Sarum. The Dowager Lady Boston has appointed the Rev. Jas. Davis, M.A. vicar of Chepstow, to be one of her Lady ship's domestic chaplains. . At an Ordination of the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, held in Wells Cathedral, on Sunday last, the following persons were admitted into Holy Orders, viz. : AZACONS. William Tierney Elton, B.A. Worcester College, Oxford. James Henshaw Gregg, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. John Hawes, B.A. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Thomas Riddell, B.A. St. Edmund Hall, Oxford. Hugh Speke, B.A. EmManuel College, Cambridge. Francis Charles Alderman, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford. William Dann Harrison, B.A. Worcester College, Oxford. William Le Lievre, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. William North, B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge. Matthew Robert Scott, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford: Henry Taylor, 13. A. Worcester College, Oxford. Robert Allwood, B.A. Coins College, Cambridge. Charles George Fred. Vinek, B.A. Magdalen Hall, Oxford. P It I EST S. James Gallowuy, M.A. Exeter College, Oxford. lf.,lw*rd Bower, B. A, Jesus College, Cambridge. Johis Comber Collins, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. Edward Browne Everard, B.A. Balliol College, Oxford. William Louth, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford. Simeon Lloyd Pope, B.A. Trinity College, Oxford. William Quckett, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge. James Anthony Savage, B.A. Trinity College, Oxford. William George Sawyer, B.A. Balliol College, Oxford. Arrived. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. We have been given to understand from a private quar ter, that the remarks of the Morning Herald, on the state of discipline in the University of Cambridge, have excited a considerable sensation there. The eyes of many of the heads of the University have been opened to the criminal inactivity they have hitherto been guilty of. So much so, that if our intelligence can be relied on, a meeting of the Senate was called as soon as the paper was received, and a discussion arose, which terminated it the proposal of a new statute for the reformation of the University, and the suppression of profligacy. From the same source we have fortunately obtained a few extracts from this en actment, which we will without comment hy 'before our readers : In nontine Viee-eaueellarii et Senatus, &e. Ike.—Statutum est. " Whensoever there shall be holden a meeting at Newmarket, public notice thereof shall be given in writing, and posted up in the Chapel and Hall of each College hi this University. Anti, during the time of the continuance of such meeting, every person in statu pupillari, shall appear every day in Chapel and Hall, at the accustomed hours. No one shall on any ac count absent himself through illness, or for any cause whatsoever. Nor in the intervening hours of the day or night, shall any one presume to ride or drive any horse capable (in the opinion of good and competent judges, to be named by the Vice-Chancellor and Senate) of going more than three miles per hour, lest he should contrive to go to Newmarket and back within the time aforesaid ; all this under pain of rusti cation or' expulsion, according-to circumstances. " It is further enacted, that duringlhe time of the meetings aforesaid, the Proctors of the University shall daily be upon the course well mounted, and attended by a convenient number of their officers, to the end that they may seize and take into custody all such members of the University as may have devised means of get ting there ; and to the end, that the said academical persons may be th e b etter di st i ngu i s h e d and taken, it is enacted, that if t h ey go they shall not presume to do so, except in their respective academical habits ;--- also that the rooms, taverns, h e ll s , nd searching in all club-houses or said University officers shall have free right of entry a gambler, or blacklegs, e ver names they may be called ; and that no sharper, and all other places, by whatso ever or any other such person or persons, keeping or 4 s h in ging to any such place s o f resort, shall hinder or impedediem in the execution o f their duty. A n d every person i n st a i n pup ill ar i found on the cour se , or i n any suc h places, s h a ll, f or the first offence, lose hi s term ; for the sec on d, b e rus ticated ; and f or t h e th i r d , expe ll e d. E very person resisting the Univer s i ty o ffi cer shall be ind ic t e d f or high treason. " Furthermore, it is ena cted, that all Heads of Col leges sii4 Ttltors in th e same, do immediately upon the promulgation hereof, summon all their respective pupils before them in the Chapels of their said Col leges, and then an d t h ere i nstan tly su p press and eradi catein them all bad anti irregular propensities. After which the said tutors shall call for and examine the accounts of their ei o p u pils, which they shall real'. [it :: un, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 11, 1826. We understand that it is His MAJESTY'S intention :o open the new Parliament in person. • We received last night the Paris Papers of Wed nesday, and the Etoile of Thursday morning. Their contents are neither important nor interesting. The Funds have advanced, but not to the extent reported in the City yesterday, the rise in the 5 per cents. being from 99f. 45c. to 99f. 75c., and in the 9 per cents. from 69f. 80c. to 70f. 85c. At the ceremony of the betrothment of DON MI GUEL, the young Queen of PORTUGAL was repre sented by the Ambassador Extraordinary of that King dom to the Court of Vienna. This, to our ideas, was monstrous, and must have rendered the ceremony as disgusting as the intended marriage itself of the uncle and niece will be in violation of the Divine Law. But every transaction in which DON MIGUEL is concerned is associated with something which is at variance with good taste and propriety. Mention is made in these Papers that news had been received at Bayonne of the insurgents in the Algarves having been dispersed. The inhabitants, it is said, refused to take any part in the'iAurreetion, and welcomed with the greatest joy the troops which accompanied the Minister of War. We subjoin a few extracts : (From the Mails, dated Thursday.) PAtus, Nov. B.—ln the betrothment ofibe Infant Don Miguel and the Infanta Donna-Melia, which took place on the 29th October, at six o'clock in the evening, her Ma jesty Queen Maria was represented, in virtue of special powers for that purpose, by the Baron of Villa Semi, Ambassador Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary of Portugal, at the Court of Vienna. The deed of the espousals was signed by their Imperial and Royal High nesses the Hereditary Prince Francis Charles, and the Archdukes Charles and Joseph, Prince Metternich, and the Viscount Rezendi, AmbAssador Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Emperor of Brazil, at the Imperial Court. Prince de Trauttmansdorff, first Grand Master of the present. at Court, Count de Czerrnin, Grand Chamberlain, and the Portu nese Royal S ecretary The place of g the Chevalier de Camara, Secretaryo f tShiegneeroreOmsotnityli., Internuncio of the Pope, were Legation to the Royal Portugaese Embassy, and th e proce: ver b a l was drawn up byllaron de Wacker), present:Councillor of his Imperial and Royal Majesty. yesterday, instead o announcing an entire and plenary amnesty panted by the Resent to all the Portuguese who was substitut e d the word subaltern Spain, whether officers or soldiers, of o f ficer, which error very much I(hival sought e. e r r i e oro r fiit refuge h i e n s p t r e e a i diminished the importance of the news. We ban just received from Bayonne, of date the 3d instant, by despatch, some news from Portugal, which Insy be looked upon as official. The Portuguese Minister of War having proceeded to Algarves, on account of the last insurrection, the insurgents immediately dispersed, and a great number of them re turned to their duty. It is calculated that about 900 men have deserted to Spain; but they have been disarmed there, and separated front their officers. The inhabitants have refused to take any part in the insurrection, and weleomed with the greatest joy the troops which accompa nied the Minister. The greatest tranquillity reigns everywhere, and no further troubles are anticipated. We have learned that the Infant Don Miguel has taken the oath to the Consti tution. One of our Journals of this day announces, as a piece of news, that Don Miguel claims the Regency, as it no body knew that the Regency must belong to the husband of the daughter of Don Pedro. The Baron de Retours, Governor of Guadaloupe , ha* been named by his Majesty, a_ Commander of the Legion of honour. (From the Journal des Debate of Wednesday.) Ills Majesty, on the 22d September I last, presented gift of 50,000 florins to the Institution for the Blind, i" order to make provision for gratuitous admissions. PARIS, Nov. 7.—The King has conferred the Cross of the Legion of Honour upon C. Augustus de St. flilaire Correspondent of the Royal Academy of Sciences, alla author of the Flora Braziliensit, well known from his long and hazardous travels in the New World, and by a number of important works which have placed him in the frit rank among the botanists of the age. bre per Fitablen FUNDS.—Five per Cents., 99f. ,s °' ; 77t • 'Cents., '7Ol. 86c. ; Bank Actions, 2060 ; Bootee de Naples, . 60c. ; Spanish Loan, 491. We receivedof the 4th inst. ; it gives frem the Oriental • this morning the .Allgerneine Zei tun g a melancholy, and we fear, a true account of the dis tressed situation of those who visited Greece wi th more than patriotic ardour, but now unable, from poverty, to return to their own country. The vintage l ap i t e lh l d l i e i : e e l s , : e on the Rhine has been unexpectedly productive The Oriental Spectator, of 29th September, contains the " The sights which daily meet our eyes, following observations on the melancholy of t he 'Phil fate n — es returning from Greece in the u tmo St is a t irs4 misery, excite very serious reflections. The number of those who resort to unhappy Greece continue Greek i clease, and we consider it as our duty to tell the Committees the truth. The fanaticism of this new ne tt , sade may have its source in generous feelings, but poetical recollections are doubtful guides in positive and practial affairs. Partial aid does but protect the unequal contest, makes the conquerors implacable, and prepares unspeakabl ° misery for the conquered; but the Plflh I i e lenes are not able to offer decisive assistance. " The Committees, instead of making the 1.1 . '. t' public, e quals ed with the true situation of the Greeks, have '• t" particle and propagated the common error. With ' the Committee' came the voluntary gifts, and the increase of emigre Greece, in which even men of the first classes have join'. But what has become of these men and of the moll ~ Most of them have perished in the field of battle, or °fa* ' ease, or want. Some plundered and abandoned to miserl' after having in vain contended against the Greeks there: some neighbouring port, there to implore, as selves, who repelled them from thence, are able to resat -- notely, the the means of returning to their own country. A s for tube urocortlato, money, it has only increased the treasures of Ma Conduriotti, Zainio, &c., which are now embarked and brought g to a place of safety. . os ' In _Greece not a trace of these g ifts is to lac 5f 4 0 7, 1 7.. 11 .... pita', no magazine, no fortress ins PrO4ri)tBi‘-t cle f - ince, no bridges, no military roads; not even to first It ments of-any administration; . i n _ A .word, no institute) which corresponds with the efforts of the Connit.tele,ort May,they become at length sensible o f t h e tr uth, and a , hi. increase their moral responsibility by prolonging the uu sion of their donors." 30. aIAYENCII, OCT. ho The Vintage is almost ended on the Rhine, el'd tett " been much more productive e than Wi t, -c ti seks, than has been the case for several ypu boo indeed have not been wanting, but the wine grower' been destitute of means to procure them, notwithsternt. the government had offered them credit to a hire!! ~,,,,t the cask, 4 last layr, In some places, seat llooMersheim, for want of ceett a r o l d - o . of the wine must have been spoiled in the vats. At f_ , o r s i sold, both there and at other place s, heim they let the wine of 1823 run out of the cask s, filled them with the new wine. Now as the new 1 • 1 ' 5 11 0 0 , from .40 t° o f 1823 was last leer, the productiveness o f the l a " noit t;•, and consequently is c heeper is in these places, to be considered as a real c t el on ce To, such a state are we reduced in et'n!'`..l e ,,,ert of the absurd measures adopted in Germany with i d h e re to trade'and commerce ! A report has been ate'spreS w ill that Nassau will join Prussia, so that the two on ce have only one line of Custom-houses. Tita c °lll ' du ti s tiolla of this judicious measure would be, that the pr . ° I los t of Nassau, especially its wines, would probably 13704,hi5e ' 70 or 80 per cent., and the manufactures of th e than the wine ~.100 provinces would have a more extensive mallet. ----.----=------' e also been Frankfort Papers of the 4th inst. n ave - by the received. 'They contain a Royal Ordinance bighlY ho ' e King of BAVARIA respecting ducation, nourable to that liberal Prince ,--- 11, "I ~' • 30. • te f 161"14 ' he ci bei'd, V A Royal Ordinance has just been p u blo which the following is the preamble:'":,. f 1510 , 0 16,14e' " We, Louis, by the grace of God, Ntng `) in , 0 1 int desiring to facilitate to all our subjects the me . , 0 , ois l proving their intellectual faculties and their re li gious hove moral sentiments, and to relieve the unfortunate, Tionte. thought fit to establish in our town of Freyeiste l . l i .j, 0 4 of the Igo food tions for' the education and instruction we shall shortly make known the partiellia",: ‘ , o sigit ea gratuitous places in this establishment, vas " a ' e on our Cabinet treasury a sum of 50,000 florins. 1, ,A) r4I)V• i swyrzeut,A.,-,,,ie ja e- ' A conference respecting the Bishoprick of - 1191 ' • a ffsic 1 Ja Tin ' petted to take place at Lucerne next m oat). , tet llll ' Is said to be nearly concluded, and it is w ished t owe l°, nate it while Monsig. Gheizzie, the'. present tot e d fur the is in the country. Solothern is giallo be iotsitcle' future See. -------- of —__ 24th lse I t in The Journal de St. Petersbu of t rgli e relY I October has reached us this farenoon- 3 states that trade was very active at that *dne. .a eao of the year : „ 0 gr ` 23 ,,,A' ST. PETERSHURth.• -C is . Trade is still very active here notwithstandinf tooth vanced season. From the 11th to the 18th a t his io o f inclusive, 53 ships have entered the port of Cecle! oo lers which 24are in ballast ; and notwithstandingthis tz s e r hey are still so considerable that there is reason t° co. may not all be executed before the navigation el . " the P at In the month of August, 161 vessels arrived an, ol d of Riga, and 138 sailed. The value of goods un r ,P o r t he in the same period was full 1,213,848 rubles sh ° imports-3,700,926. e ~, f r o" (The Journal de St. Peter:burgh contain* IL° 0 " :he army.) In justice to all tile parties whose conduct in re. spect to their connectio►n with the Greek V*lll has been called in question, we continue to Pull' larly balance, and allow or not by their signatures as they shall think fit. Also, it is enacted, that no per son within the precincts of the University shall keep any billiard-table, tennis-court, or any other place or house where minds of the pupils may be corrupted, on pain of having the same instantly pulled down. Furthermore, no person in statu pupillari, whether for study or any other purpose, shall sit up after 10 of the clock. That at that hour the Vice-Chan cellor and Proctors shall go round and extinguish all fires and candles, and lock the said pupils into their respective bed-rooms. Also certain Commissioners shall be appointed to find and purchase a suitable piece of ground, without the boundaries of the town, for an University play-ground, which shall be well fenced in, and furnished with strong gates, under the care of a responsible Toner, to which all the pupils after lecture, shall walk two and two, headed by the Vice-Chancellor and beadles, and shall return at dinner time in the same order. The said play-ground to be furnished, at the expellee of the University, with a due supply of bats, balls, tops, marbles, hoops, nine pins, &c. &c., the lawfulness and innocency of such games being previously certified under the hand and seal of the Regius Professor of Divinity, who will himself play the firegame. PRICES OF STOCKS TM Bank Stock 2O2S 9 per Cent. Red 3 per Cent. Cons. 826 1 % ik 9% per Cent. - Ditto Red. 87% 8% 4 per Cent. New 48 14% Ditto, 1828 96% 'l Rank Long Ann. India Stock 247 Ditto Bonds 38 40 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F' Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. — Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonds, 6 per ...ct. — Colombian Bonds ~ Ditto;lB24 — Danish, 3 per cent.' 60% • Greek Bonds — Ditto, 1826 14 t. Guatemala Mexican Bonds 65N Do. 1825 66% 6 MA Due. U America 0 ' Brun U Buenos Ayres O Donsgb tuba. 1 Dublin O Flanders • France 0 Gottenburglt U ~~ ,*DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 21 22 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 21 22 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Bank for Opening India tbr Account Cons. for Account 82U PRICES OF SHARES Anglo Mexican Mining Company Castello and EspiritoSanto Brazil 1 Pasco Peruvian Mining Company Real del Monte Mining Company Ditto New United Mexican Mining Compan: COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 7 Ditto, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 8 Antwerp l2 8 Hamburgb 2% U. 37 6 Altana 2% U. 37 7 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. '26 95 Bordeaux 26 95 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 Petersburgh, role 3 Us. fl Vienna, elibctive ti 2M.10 21 Trieste do Madrid 34 Cadiz Bilboa Barcelona Seville Gibraltar 33% 45 PRICE OF IRISH Rank Stock - Gov, Stock, SY4 per cent. 87 1 ,6 6767 Dto, New Sd 4_l it wr Cent lkji 6 Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 8 9 % Console, 3 per cent - Royal Canal Stock -- Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. - ILL Arrived. Due. Guernsey & Jersey. 0 O Ilainburgh 0 1 Holland 0 o Jamaica ▪ Leeward Islands 0 O Lisbon 0 0 Malta 0 I Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning....... 10 minutes after 0, f Evening .....,. 42 minutes after 0. NDS AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1825 Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New — Russian, New, 5 p. c. Spanish, 1821 ll 1823 French Rentes, Ip. c Y —f. —c. Exchange —t. —c. —3 per cent. —t —c. —Exchange., —l. —c. AT ONE O'CLOCK. Patd. Per Share. £75 :1(.. Ditto 5, ul4 15 I ! , ..1 4 2 1 ;3 310 3415 :25 11}4 NOE YESTERDAY. -- -- Leghorn 474 G eno a 43% Venice Malta Naples 38 Palermo per oz. 114 Lisbon 4B Oporto 4B Rio Janeiro 4,3 Bahia 44 Buenos Ayres 43 Dublin, 21 days' sight l)4 Cork I ig MILLION, PER OZ. a. d. Portugal Gold, in coin OO 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons _3 13 3 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver, in bars, standard 0 4 11 STOCKS, NOV. 8. St. Patrick Incur. (per share) Itg Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto 9 Patriotic Ditto f 4% Hibernian Batik ,. Provincial Ditto " — Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings —